By Brandy LdyLily21@aol.com
Date: 20 November 2000
Only Time Will Tell
Only Time Will Tell
We sat there bunched together with others all around us. Side by side, no two people could have been closer without being on top of one another. You sat there with your arm possessively around me as if to say, “She is mine.” When in fact, I wasn’t.
My heart fluttered every time that you would pull me closer than we already were. Our faces would touch when we would laugh, and our foreheads rest on one another as if they were at home and had known one another forever.
My being is screaming out to you, I like you. Do you hear me? You must, because you respond by again, pulling me closer. Could it be? Do you feel for me as I feel for you? You have nothing but smiles and kindness for me. You must.
I get up, testing you to see if you will follow. I go somewhere to be alone. Will you follow? You do. Now it is you and I alone. Just the two of us. It’s cold. Winter is upon us. We seek shelter from the cold, still just you and me.
He’s talking to me as though he’s known me for years, and I’m doing the same. It comes with such ease. Do you know that I like you? You must. It’s obvious.
You didn’t leave my side all nite. Such a wonderful feeling. Again I am sitting next to you, this time no one else next to us. I don’t have to be this close, but you pulled me here to where I am now. Both arms around me, your head is resting on top of mine now, as if to say, “You are mine.”
The gentleness of your arms as they wrap around me and pull me close. The sweetness of your lips as they gently touch mine for the first time and the shy smile that comes across your face.
“Goodbye”, I say. “Only for a little
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